Das Leben Gottes in der Seele des Menschen oder Die Natur und Vortreflichkeit der christlichen Religion, : zerstreuten Kindern Gottes und verlohrnen Schafen vom Hause Israel in und ausser den mancherley Partien zum Dienst,
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Translation of: The life of God in the soul of man, or, The nature and excellency of the Christian religion. Edinburgh, 1750 (also 1751). First edition in English published London, 1667
First edition in German. Several sources report an earlier edition, alledgedly printed by Christoph Saur in Germantown, in 1755; however, according to Miller, this turns out to be an imperfect example of the present work, with a misleading manuscript title page
First state, with the incorrect imposition of p. [18] and [19], 1st count (=A7 verso and A8 recto)
Signatures: pi² A-F⁸ (pi1 verso blank)
Versos with uneven and rectos with even page numbers
Includes prefaces by William Smith, General Trustee of the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge among the Germans of Pennsylvania, signed: Wilhelm Schmidt (p. [4], 1st count) as well as by Gilbert Burnet and William Wisshart
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. The issues of the press in Pennsylvania
Seidensticker, O. German printing
Miller, C.W. Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia printing
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary sheep
John Carter Brown Library copy purchased from the Trust Fund of Lathrop Colgate Harper
Translation of: The life of God in the soul of man, or, The nature and excellency of the Christian religion. Edinburgh, 1750 (also 1751). First edition in English published London, 1667
First edition in German. Several sources report an earlier edition, alledgedly printed by Christoph Saur in Germantown, in 1755; however, according to Miller, this turns out to be an imperfect example of the present work, with a misleading manuscript title page
First state, with the incorrect imposition of p. [18] and [19], 1st count (=A7 verso and A8 recto)
Signatures: pi² A-F⁸ (pi1 verso blank)
Versos with uneven and rectos with even page numbers
Includes prefaces by William Smith, General Trustee of the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge among the Germans of Pennsylvania, signed: Wilhelm Schmidt (p. [4], 1st count) as well as by Gilbert Burnet and William Wisshart
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. The issues of the press in Pennsylvania
Seidensticker, O. German printing
Miller, C.W. Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia printing
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary sheep
John Carter Brown Library copy purchased from the Trust Fund of Lathrop Colgate Harper
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